coltonius
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As a teacher, this year has been incredibly busy for me. I've scarcely had time to build anything since school began back in August/September. It was such a relief to finally finish this build which I had planned out literally months ago!
Right side = Burns Buzzaround
Left side = JHS Superbolt
Enclosure by Monarch Enclosures (find them on Instagram or Etsy)
They both sound great individually and make for a really sweet 'lead' tone when stacked. Settings are really amp dependent.
Gnat:
I like to run the Balance (Bias) around 9-10 with the Timbre and Sustain around 1 or 2. The transistors were sourced from Small Bear from their pre-measured section, and they make for a relatively smooth sounding Buzzy. It's not entirely smooth, mind, just smoother than some of the others I have by Function F(x), Monsterpiece, and Collector Effectors. Yes I have a problem. Shut up. If I do this build again, I'll likely do a 'socket and swap' to see if I can't coax some more gating and raunch out of the circuit.
Superbolt:
Another circuit I have an addiction to. I have a V2 by JHS but find the form factor somewhat limiting for what you get.. Using the 'original' as a guideline I found in a different Superbolt build (told you..) that the 120k low gain resistor didn't affect much change between the High/Low settings. It's obviously a very marked and distinct change on the JHS version, so I tweaked resistors until I landed on 39k for that build. For this build I installed a 33k minimum resistor and a 100k trimmer using PedalPCB's adaptor so I could dial it in more precisely.. And indeed I found the ideal low gain setting to be around 39k.
Without further ado.. The photos:
BONUS! I also had time to build some Rotoclones (based on the PTD Rotobone) for a handful of people this week. Enjoy some handmade sonic farts!
- 11 position X and Y input/output capacitors
- GeSi option (CV7007, 2N404, etc... whatever fit best)
- "standard" Bosstone tones all the way up to blown out lower octave / horn and bone tones!
Right side = Burns Buzzaround
Left side = JHS Superbolt
Enclosure by Monarch Enclosures (find them on Instagram or Etsy)
They both sound great individually and make for a really sweet 'lead' tone when stacked. Settings are really amp dependent.
Gnat:
I like to run the Balance (Bias) around 9-10 with the Timbre and Sustain around 1 or 2. The transistors were sourced from Small Bear from their pre-measured section, and they make for a relatively smooth sounding Buzzy. It's not entirely smooth, mind, just smoother than some of the others I have by Function F(x), Monsterpiece, and Collector Effectors. Yes I have a problem. Shut up. If I do this build again, I'll likely do a 'socket and swap' to see if I can't coax some more gating and raunch out of the circuit.
Superbolt:
Another circuit I have an addiction to. I have a V2 by JHS but find the form factor somewhat limiting for what you get.. Using the 'original' as a guideline I found in a different Superbolt build (told you..) that the 120k low gain resistor didn't affect much change between the High/Low settings. It's obviously a very marked and distinct change on the JHS version, so I tweaked resistors until I landed on 39k for that build. For this build I installed a 33k minimum resistor and a 100k trimmer using PedalPCB's adaptor so I could dial it in more precisely.. And indeed I found the ideal low gain setting to be around 39k.
Without further ado.. The photos:
BONUS! I also had time to build some Rotoclones (based on the PTD Rotobone) for a handful of people this week. Enjoy some handmade sonic farts!
- 11 position X and Y input/output capacitors
- GeSi option (CV7007, 2N404, etc... whatever fit best)
- "standard" Bosstone tones all the way up to blown out lower octave / horn and bone tones!